Academic Job Opportunities
Statistics Graders and Tutors
Applications are invited for Graders and Tutors in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington.
These are hourly appointments open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Appointments are made on a quarterly basis. Current pay rates can be found here.
Lecturer Part-Time - Temporary
Applications are invited for a Lecturer Part-Time - Temporary position in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington.
This appointment is for a part-time temporary position, with either a quarterly (September 16 - December 15 for Autumn quarter, December 16 - March 15 for Winter quarter, or March 16 - June 15 for Spring quarter) or a 9-month (September 16 - June 15) service period, depending on departmental needs.
Research Papers
Curvature information -- particularly, the largest eigenvalue of the loss Hessian, known as the sharpness -- often forms the basis for learning rate tuners. However, recent work has shown that the curvature information undergoes complex dynamics during training, going from a phase of…